Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Middendorff's Warbler (Locustella ochotensis) - HBW 11, p. 615
French: Locustelle de Middendorff
German: Middendorffschwirl
Spanish: Buscarla de Middendorff
Other common names: Middendorff’s/Asiatic Grasshopper-warbler
Taxonomy: Sylvia (Locustella) Ochotensis Middendorff, 1853, Udskoye, lower Uda River, Sea of Okhotsk.
Forms a superspecies with L. certhiola and L. pleskei, and has been considered conspecific with one or both. Hybridizes with former in E Russia (in lower Amur area and N Sakhalin), where apparently maintains stable intergrade populations, but elsewhere in range it exhibits a constant and distinctive suite of plumage, voice and behavioural characters. Studies of mitochondrial DNA indicate that all three species and L. fasciolata form a group, and also suggest that Megalurus pryeri is part of this group and should therefore be moved to present genus. Proposed race .. View all taxonomy...
Forms a superspecies with L. certhiola and L. pleskei, and has been considered conspecific with one or both. Hybridizes with former in E Russia (in lower Amur area and N Sakhalin), where apparently maintains stable intergrade populations, but elsewhere in range it exhibits a constant and distinctive suite of plumage, voice and behavioural characters. Studies of mitochondrial DNA indicate that all three species and L. fasciolata form a group, and also suggest that Megalurus pryeri is part of this group and should therefore be moved to present genus. Proposed race subcerthiola (Kamchatka and N Kurils, non-breeding Philippines) considered indistinguishable from birds elsewhere in range. Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds E Russia (coast of Sea of Okhotsk from Magadan S to mouth of R Amur, also Kamchatka), Sakhalin I, Kuril Is and N Japan (N & E Hokkaido); non-breeding Philippines and N Borneo.
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A bird in a tall grassland singing and finally flying away. Locality Ola Lagoon, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 June 2009 3 years ago 59 sec 3.8 -
Observed from front and partially hidden Locality Kuril Islands, Sakhalin Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 14 June 2009 3 years ago 17 sec 3.3 -
A bird moving among vegetation and singing. Locality Ola Lagoon, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 June 2009 2 years ago 49 sec 3 -
Front and rear views of a male singing Locality Kuril Islands, Sakhalin Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 15 July 2009 3 years ago 22 sec 3
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A bird on a branch.
Locality Guandu, Taipei City, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
alder 3 January 2009 4 years ago 3.8 -
A bird perched.
Locality Ola Lagoon, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 June 2009 2 years ago 2.5
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A bird singing from a twig.
Locality Ola Lagoon, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 June 2009 2 years ago 4
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